Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
> --- Jan Coffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > >"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote:
> > > > > > >--- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> [I think the post-line isn't correct for my snippage,
> so I'm putting little tags for who I think wrote...]
>
> [F]
> http://news.com.com/2009-1088-984352.html?tag=fd_rndm#38
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > China raises the red tag
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > RFID tags aren't just for tracking
> > consumer goods any more.
> > > > > > > > The Chinese Communist Party is
> > experimenting with tagging and tracking people.
> >
> [J] How is this any different than on StarTrek?
>
> [me] I think because as a member of Starfleet, you
> have chosen to go into dangerous space/situations, and
> it is an added safety factor [considering all the
> abductions and holodeck problems... ;} ]
>
> <snip>
> [R]> > > "Geordie" is not pronounced the same as
> "Gordy", either.
> >
> [J] How so?
>
> [me] "Geordi" has a "j" sound, as in "jump;" I
> *think* this is a "voiced G." "Gordy" has a
> 'less-voiced' "g," as in "go get." If anyone's really
> curious, I could ask my speech pathologist friend for
> the technical terms/descriptions.
I think that *generally*, "ge" and "gi" are pronounced as a "softer" "g"
(like a "j"), and "gr", "gl", "ga", "go", and "gu" are pronounced with
the "harder" "g". There are exceptions, one notable one being "get" as
above. "Geordi" begins "ge", hence is the "j"-like sound. It's the
exceptions that are the killer. The rules for the pronunciation of "C"
are similar, but I think there are fewer exceptions in that case.
> <snipped rest>
>
> A Teacher Once Announced My Name As "deBORE-ah" Maru
> <shudder delicately at the hideous memory...> :{
Do you have any idea how many teachers in New England called me
"Jul-yer"? :P
Julia
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